nonstop

[ adjective adverb non-stop; noun non-stop ]

adjective

1. being without a single stop en route:

   a nonstop bus; a nonstop flight from New York to Paris.

2. happening, done, or held without a stop or pause or without offering relief or respite:

   The ambassador faced a nonstop schedule of meetings and interviews during her visit.

adverb

1. without a single stop en route.
2. Informal. without a pause or interruption or without respite; continually:

   My back ached nonstop for three days.

noun

1. a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.

nonstop

/ ˈnɒnˈstɒp /

adjective

1. done without pause or interruption

   a nonstop flight

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonstop¹

First recorded in 1900–05; non- + stop

Example Sentences

Complete the following moves as a nonstop circuit, rotating from one exercise to the next in the given order, with no rest in between.

From Outside Online

While that’s exciting from a character standpoint, it also messes with the chemistry of the show, which is built off Rory and Lorelai spouting nonstop quips at each other.

From Vox

Diffbot crawls the web nonstop and rebuilds its knowledge graph every four to five days.

From MIT Technology Review

We’ve certainly had to adjust and readjust plans seemingly nonstop here over the last few months.

From Digiday

“We understand the need to make long-term investments and a big-picture solution but we still will have three years of nonstop sewage flows,” Dedina said.

From Voice of San Diego

You might work on the same groove for five hours nonstop, some three-bar thing over and over.

From The Daily Beast

GETTING TO AND FRO: American Airlines offers nonstop flights to Madrid from New York, Miami, and Dallas.

From The Daily Beast

Check prices at AA.com Other carriers also serve Madrid with nonstop flights.

From The Daily Beast

So what lies behind the curtain of official Washington at the highest levels of government in a time of nonstop war?

From The Daily Beast

In the meantime, Obama should be highlighting mobility nonstop from here to 2017.

From The Daily Beast

Three hundred miles per hour on a constant, nonstop flight across the rolling land.

From Project Gutenberg

Imagine a room where everyone shouted at the top of their lungs, nonstop, while setting off air horns.

From Project Gutenberg

Sealman had the air of slowing down, after an unusually long nonstop run, to show off his acquaintance with the country.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• constant
• endless
• incessant
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• unbroken
• unending
• uninterrupted